The ACLU of Connecticut takes an active role in every session of the state legislature to support bills that advance civil liberties and oppose those that do not. We have testified before the legislature hundreds of times and have taken leading roles in the struggles to repeal the death penalty, fight racial profiling, challenge police practices, advocate for decarceation and an end to discrimination against people living with a criminal record, protect and expand LGBTQIA+ rights, and prevent encroachment on the right to free speech.
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While Connecticut has made important improvements in reducing the number of young people who are incarcerated, it has concurrently worsened racial and ethnic disparities. In 2015, 79 percent of young people...
To create an equitable world for people of all races, the ACLU-CT believes that we must address racism in all its forms. Access to places of leisure like public beaches and swimming pools have long been...
The ACLU-CT believes that in order to reduce the harm that policing is causing communities of color across the state, Connecticut must reduce the role, responsibilities, and presence of police. This means,...
The ACLU-CT supports Senate Bill 387, which takes steps to protect more kids from entanglement with the criminal legal system.
Children should be supported with services and resources that support them, their families, and their communities, rather than criminalized, wherever possible. The policies proposed by Senate Bill 16,...
One way that racism has persisted in the U.S. is through a denial of U.S. history and an erasure of the history of Black people in the U.S. This shows up, for example, in the holidays we honor as a society...